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a carne
meat
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How do you say carne in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce carne in Portuguese?
carne is pronounced /a ˈkaʁni/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A carne vermelha é mais cara que a carne branca.
Red meat is more expensive than white meat.
A carne fresca que comprei estava deliciosa e macia.
The fresh meat that I bought was delicious and tender.
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Why is it feminine?
Carne is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "carnem" (accusative of "caro"), which belonged to the third declension. However, the gender assignment is not explained by a general pattern of third-declension Latin nouns becoming feminine in Romance languages—many third-declension Latin nouns had varied genders. Rather, "caro" was specifically a feminine noun in Latin, and Portuguese retained this feminine gender through the regular sound changes that transformed Latin into Portuguese (e.g., Latin -em > Portuguese -e). The feminine gender is preserved through direct inheritance from Latin, not through a declension-based pattern.
What is the Portuguese word for meat?
The Portuguese word for meat is a carne — feminine.
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